The liberation of suffering is the key point of inter-religious dialogue of Paul Knitter, who thought that all reflections of theology is the second step in inter-religious dialogue. The first step is to solve the problems of suffering, especially in global suffering. All religions will turn into a hermeneutic circle-compassion, conversion, collaboration, and comprehension-when dealing with those problems of suffering.
The liberation of suffering lays a good foundation for combining all religions to work together; however, the strongest power of suffering is not from the global but self. Global suffering themes of Knitter will take the subject, human beings, away from suffering, and it makes no sense for those people who can’t fulfill the basic necessity of life.
Because of its relationship with life, suffering can be a suffering, and the desire of liberation from suffering of life is the strongest and deepest power of suffering, so this paper will show the relationship between meaning of life and suffering in the perspective of Heidegger to find the practical possibility of inter-religious dialogue of Knitter.